13th Annual Touch A Truck Tickets on Sale Now!

Tickets are now on sale for the 13th Annual Touch a Truck Event!  To Make the Haul this Fall to Richmond Raceway and purchase tickets, visit our Touch a Truck page under the Support Us drop-down menu!

Enviragrow Mobile Learning Unit Ribbon Cutting

Please join us on Thursday, August 9th to celebrate the grand reveal of the new Enviragrow Mobile Learning Unit at Richmond’s Cooperative Extension office – enjoy great music and delicious King Of Pops popsicles for sale!

Junior League of Richmond Announces Sale of Mayo-Carter House

  Junior League of Richmond Announces Sale of Mayo-Carter House Women’s Service Organization Relocates Headquarters May 2, 2018 Richmond, VA – The Junior League of Richmond has entered into a contract with Metro Properties, Inc., for the purchase of the Mayo-Carter House at 205 West Franklin Street.  The anticipated closing date will occur at the… Read More

WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH – THE 2000s THROUGH TODAY WITH THE JLR

As the League moved into the 21st century, it’s membership was at an all-time high – 1394 members (475 actives, 118 provisionals (new members), and 801 sustainers)!  Taking advantage of the latest technology, JLR moved into the 21st century with its own website – www.jlrichmond.org, where members could now communicate with the League and sign… Read More

LBDI on CBS 6!

Check out our President, Sue Patow, and Assistant Chair of Special Events, Susan Graham, on CBS 6’s Virginia This Morning! Their chat with Jessica Noll about LBDI helped bring awareness of our project to the community! View Segment 

JLR Kicks Off LBDI 2018!

The Junior League of Richmond is once again participating in the Little Black Dress Initiative, a week long fundraising initiative where participants wear the same black dress for an entire work week to highlight the struggles of people who live at or below the poverty line. This year our fundraising goal is $35,000. The funds… Read More

WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH – THE 1980S THROUGH 1990S WITH THE JLR

This week we continue our focus on JLR’s history as part of Women’s History Month.   By 1980, the JLR had over 1200 members and turned its focus to pressing social issues that were affecting families and the community at large.  Two of the most concerning issues were teenage alcohol abuse and the alarming rise… Read More

Women’s History Month – the 1950s through 1970s with the JLR

This week we continue our focus on JLR’s history as part of Women’s History Month.  By the 1950s, the JLR’s 260 active members were recognized in Richmond as a “force to be reckoned with.”  Officially, its intent was to “foster interest among its members in the social, economic, educational, cultural, and civic conditions of the… Read More